CVE-2025-6184

Tutor LMS Pro – eLearning and online course solution <= 3.7.0 - Authenticated (Tutor Instructor+) SQL Injection

2025-08-12 18:27
sergioframi

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.7.1
Affected Plugin
Tutor LMS Pro
Affected Version
<= 3.7.0
CVSS
8.8High
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2025-6184
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At a glance

CVE-2025-6184 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Tutor LMS Pro WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.7.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Tutor Instructor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.7.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2025, reported by sergioframi.

Vulnerability Overview

The Tutor LMS Pro – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘order’ parameter used in the get_submitted_assignments() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Tutor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Only the Pro version is affected.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Tutor LMS Pro <= 3.7.0 carries this weakness at order, and reaching it takes an account at Tutor Instructor level or above. SQL injection happens when request data is concatenated into a query instead of being bound as a parameter, letting an attacker change the structure of the statement rather than just its values.

A working injection can read any table the database user can see, which on a WordPress install means user records, password hashes and session or API secrets stored in options. For Tutor LMS Pro the fix is 3.7.1: builds <= 3.7.0 are affected, anything from 3.7.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.7.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Tutor Instructor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Tutor LMS Pro 3.7.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6184https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b41d134-be9e-469f-b26b-ac30d95db0a3https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6184

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